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Watchmen 4: Who watches the watchmen? Fox...

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Originally Posted by mail.com

An attorney for 20th Century Fox says the studio will continue to seek an order delaying the release of 'Watchmen.'

U.S. District Court Judge Gary Feess last week agreed with Fox that Warner Bros. had infringed its copyright by developing and shooting the superhero flick, scheduled for release March 6.

Feess said Monday he plans to hold a trial Jan. 20 to decide remaining issues.

Fox claims it never fully relinquished story rights from its deal made in the late 1980s, and sued Warner Bros. in February. Warner Bros. contended Fox isn't entitled to distribution.

Warner Bros.' attorney said Monday he didn't know if an
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appeal was coming, but thinks a trial is necessary and a settlement unlikely.

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Originally Posted by comicbookmovie.com

Jeff Jensen over at Entertainment Weekly recently analyzed the court ruling over The Watchmen. He stated that it is very clear that Fox owns the rights to everything!

Fox owns a copyright interest consisting of, at the very least, the right to distribute the Watchmen motion picture," Judge Gary Allen Feess said according to Variety.

�In his ruling, Feess concludes that Gordon never properly presented Fox with the option to produce and distribute the version of Watchmen developed by director Zack Snyder,� Jensen wrote.

�He also makes it clear that neither Gordon nor Warner Bros. had bought out Fox�s interest before Warner Bros. went into production. Indeed, Feess�s ruling includes a rather sarcastic footnote blasting Gordon for his conduct in resolving this dispute. In section 3, Feess remarks that during Gordon�s deposition, the producer claimed he couldn�t properly recollect his contract with Fox.�

I'm sorry... but what a bumbling jack ass!

Jensen notes that the summary judgment, which had been requested by both studios on December 16th, �should be seen as an important move that really benefits all of Hollywood, as it affirms copyright laws that protect all studios. Fox deserves a break on Watchmen; according to Feess, their beef with Warner Bros. has always been legit.�

The court date is still set for January 20th(Me and My Wife's 3 Year Anniversary!), and those bastards are going to make me be distracted on that special date! The release date for the movie is still March 6th... Untl it is changed to Neverary 33rd.-saintc

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Originally Posted by watchmenmovie.com

According to a New York Times article, Fox's Watchmen lawsuit came to an abrupt end on December 24, 2008.

After initially denying a motion to rule in Fox's favor before trial, the federal court judge in the case reversed and ruled that:

Fox owns a copyright interest consisting of, at the very least, the right to distribute the �Watchmen� motion picture.

In essence, the judge has found that producer Lawrence Gordon's grant of distribution rights in Watchmen to Warner Brothers was invalid and in violation of Gordon's agreement with Fox.

Warner Brothers now has limited options if it wants to ensure the March 6, 2009 of the Watchmen movie. The quickest path to maintaining the release schedule is through a quick settlement, which would undoubtedly give Fox an interest in the film's future profits and reimburse Fox's development costs.

If no settlement is reached, it is entirely possible that the judge may impose remedies requested by Fox, including an injunction against the releasing of the film at all.

If, on the other hand, Warner Brothers chooses to appeal the ruling, a delay in the March 6, 2009 release is highly likely. Appealing a final judgment is a lengthy process that could potentially extend this case for longer than a trial.

Thanks to Rodney Perkins of Film Esq. for help in writing this article. For more information about the Watchmen lawsuit and other Hollywood legal cases, please visit Rodney's Web site at www.filmesq.com.

Forget about Watchmen folks.... it aint coming out soon

From the trailers and just about everything I've read Watchmen looks like a good movie and Snyder seems like a guy who has the right idea about making the book into a movie, but if it had never been made or never came out I wouldn't mind at all.

Respectfully disagree. It seems like a common thought is that the movie's ending completely screws over the whole movie but honestly they seem to be doing everything else right and I'd love to see it.

When you get right down to it yes the ending seems a really odd but maybe the execution will change my mind (as it often does with me).

Would anyone be knowledgeable on the major releases Fox Studios will be doing this year? I expect they will slot this in not against their major films this year and put it in for holidays or rival movie releases for maximum business effect.

Mm, it's a shame how this whole escapade went down. I was quite looking forward to it's release; with or without Doc Oc.

There is a good chance fox dosent WANT to release it. if they did release a movie that Warner made (regardless of whatever) warner is simply going to sue over the profits for the movie... if fox wants the Watchmen franchise, they would probably have to realease their own work, unless they want a new battle over this to start...

other than that... we have Fox's Chun-li movie....

I'm usually a big stickler for authenticity but I don't even mind the prospect of a changed ending that much. I'd certainly watch it in the theater on day one, too, and I'm sure I'd greatly enjoy it; it's just I'd much rather just keep reading my book, lending it to people and, yes, talking to people about it without having to first clarify which version the conversation is about.

Either way: this film is completely finished, right? Someone's gonna leak it.

Well if Fox stops it from being released at all then it succeedes in punching WB in the face for the hundred million plus dollars that went into making the movie that now won't get shown.

If they let it get released then they'll nab some proffit from the film and stick WB with all the costs for the legal issues.....and let it be known that they were right and everyone should tread lightly, cross all their t's and dot all their i's from now on or else.

So yeah, it just boils down to what would make Fox happier.

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Originally Posted by Meister (Post 878772)

Either way: this film is completely finished, right? Someone's gonna leak it.

That would just about be the coolest punch in the balls the WB could do. Just leak it to the internet and let Fox scurry around trying to stop it's spread to fans everywhere.

I don't quite see why a settlement is so unlikely at this point. Obviously things are notably worse, but why exactly is the general consensus "IT WILL COME OUT FOREVER FROM NOW"?

They'll probably be a settlement with WB giving Fox a share of the profits. That should be better for WB than just throwing away all thier work.

as it seems, things like they are now, the group that makes the wrong move can loose quite a few millions... so untill one group is 100% secure that the other is fucked, they will stall this and leave it in court...

If Fox gets the full rights to the movie they can make a LOT of cash over Warner's work. But if Warner gets it back, they can easily fuckup Fox for all the trouble they caused

They are basicly seeing who gets tired and gives up first... and since the movie was schedule for March, it can easily get pushed back to June over this